yes there was a prophecy about division between the lines of the muslims, and something the prophet (pbuh) said to ALI (ra) about him being murdered by the worst of people, qatada's got the details.

Originally Posted by Thinker

Did the prophet prophecy the split amongst Muslims into sunni and shia; if so did he prophecy the eventual outcome?

The prophet (pbuh) prophecied that his ummah will split into many sects and only one of them will enter Jannah. :

'My ummah will be divided into seventy three sects. All of them will be in the Fire except one' [Saheeh Muslim, no.976]


Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu): "The Messenger of Allah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said: 'The Jews separated into 71 sects, and the Christians into 72, and my nation will divide into 73 sects.'" (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah)

There was also prophecy about the bedouin arabs competing in building tall buildings.
From the list of tallest buildings for the next decade, more than half are being built in UAE and Arab Saudi.

Originally Posted by Ar-RaYYan

The prophet (pbuh) prophecied that his ummah will split into many sects and only one of them will enter Jannah. :

'My ummah will be divided into seventy three sects. All of them will be in the Fire except one' [Saheeh Muslim, no.976]


Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu): "The Messenger of Allah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said: 'The Jews separated into 71 sects, and the Christians into 72, and my nation will divide into 73 sects.'" (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah)

Interesting – so will the current two sects divided again to a total of 73 sects or are there already 73 sects?

I don't think anyone knows for certain if there are already 73 divisions

Originally Posted by naidamar

I don't think anyone knows for certain if there are already 73 divisions

I thought there was just shia and sunni, you are suggesting there are more - who are they?

(btw - why does every post in this thread have to go through a moderator?)

Originally Posted by Thinker

Interesting – so will the current two sects divided again to a total of 73 sects or are there already 73 sects?

Like br naidamar said i dont think there are 73 sects yet but as Yammul-
Qiyamah (day of judgement) comes closer and lack of knowledge of the
religion decreases more people will create/turn to sects that will contradict the religion of Islam.
Im not sure about whether within sunnism the four schools of thought (maaliki, shaf'ee, hanafee,hanabalee) would be considered as sects but we do have sufism, *******s, Kharijites, salafi
Also shi'ism divides within itself such as the Ismailiyya,the Imamiyya,the Kamiliyya etc.
Anywas i think we are going off-topic and I believe this type of discussion is not allowed in this forum.